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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-10-29
THE EARL Of ABERDEEN DELIGHTED.
PLEASED WITH AMERICAN RAILWAYS,
ESPECIALLY THE NEW YORK
CENTRAL.

NOTWITHSTANDING the long journey
around the world, which terminated last
evening, the Earl and Countess of Aber-
deem rose this morning entirely recovered
from their fatigue.
A reporter was shown to the Earps
private parlor this morning, and found
the Earl taking it easy in great big
Turkish chair
~ like America" said his Lordship,
"and don't wonder at the desire people
have to become residents of it. | have
taken considerable interest in the rail
roads you have here and think they are
as near complete as any I've seen during
my travels, especially the New York
Central, over which came from Niagara
Falls. The four tracks are an advantage
away above anything I've seen. 1t saves
time, avoids accidents and helps to make
the passengers think they are of more
consequence than common freight.
81 am considerably interested in rail
road matters on the other side of the
Atlantic, and like to travel on a well
equipped road; but have never enjoyed
trip as did the one from the Falls. To
sitin one of your Wagner cars, laundering
along at the rate of fifty miles an hour
through fertile valleys, and at frequent
intervals passing long freight trains run
ming In the same direction, proves an
enjoyable novelty not to be found in any
other quarter of the globe. Taking it
altogether, the most enjoyable railroad
trips have been from San Francisco TO
New York by the New York Central and
its connections.
Il sail for home tomorrow on the
Servia, but will return at my first oppor-
tunity and make a more thorough tour
of the country"
~ Y. Epening San, July 18Th, 1887.
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be divided into three great
tribes. The northern portion of the
territory is occupied by the Esqui-
maux, who are TALL athletic peo-
pie and totally different in their hab-
its from others. The Chilkats &C.
cupy the inland country further south
and are the least civilized of any. They
are very religious people with wor
ship much like the fetch worship of
some African tribes. They never under
take anything without previously going
through some sort of ligious ceremony.
They dwell in houses
The T'linkets do not appear to be true
Indians, but are rather of an Asiatic type.
They are civilized people and cling faith
fully to the religion taught them by the
Russians, even observing all feast days
and holidays.
The Indians of Alaska are undoubt-
eddy different race of people from
those who dwell further east. The
Tlinkets strongly resemble the Japanese
in personal appearance. Their features
and compilations are strongly Asiatic,
and in addition to this fact they have
marked skill in carving and other work
characteristic of the Japanese
There are two Northumberland in
stances of Japanese junks being carried
by the Japan current to the northwest
coast of North America. One of them
landed on the Sandwich Islands and the
other, about the year 1885, on Queen
Charlotte Island, British Columbia. The
japanese who were aboard the latter junk
were taken to England and afterward
sent back to Japan. There is a theory
region was peopled in this way. The
EsquimauX of Greenland and the
Tchuktchis of Alaska are said to resemble
each other and to have similar customs,
implements and language. Whatever
may have been the origin of the Alas
kans, they are certainly a superior race
of people and readily yield to the infu-
ences of civilization.
Slavery is still common among the in
terror tribes. When a slave-owner dies
his slaves are killed in order that they
may accompany him to spirit-land.
When a new house is erected it is Gus
tomary to slay female slaves and place
their bodies beneath the posts which
serve to support it. Infant girls are
bought by those who have infant
sons, and they are then brought up as
husband and wife from childhood Old
women are frequently tortured to death
upon the accusation of being witches.
On account of these cruelties the mothers
frequently kill their female offspring to
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coming fight between the public and
corporations l admit, but | would
also be compelled TO concede stupidity
in its highest form, and gross careless
ness in its most rounded development,
if were to concede that Mr.. Depew
could, for moment imagine it were
possible that he could be at once presi-
dent of a great railroad corporation,
identified with its managementfo for twenty
odd years, the manipulation of all its
legislation, and at the same time be
favorably regarded for any political posi-
ton of sufficient elevation to attract his
attention. He believes in attending to
one thing at time, and when he gets
ready to go into politics again he will
drop railroading for the remainder of his
life.
Depew is sometimes flippantly spoken
of as an after dinner speaker.
Well, good after-dinner speaker is
joy forever, and vast relief to the hum
drums that ordinarily bore the guests;
but he is much more than that. During
the past year his occasional addresses
before the alumni of his college, before
sundry and divers public assemblages,
before the members of the Press Club
and their guests at the dedication of
their burial plot in Cypress Hill Gene
terry, and his memorial Grafton at the
meeting of the Army of the Potomac in
Saratoga, show him to be much more
than an utterer of quips and jolly say
ings when the fumes of wine are in the
head and the hallowing rings of tobacco
smoke inspire peculiar flights of oratory.
His addresses Show thought, study, re-
search and an extended vocabulary of
such proportions as to win deserved ap-
plause from all who hear him. Chauncey
Depew is much more than politician,
much more than railroad lawyer, much
more than successful executive, much
more than jolly good fellow. He is a
n an thoroughly equipped for leadership
in life, with a following that can be
counted by scores of thousands, and his
end is not yet. HOWARD.
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thought. His friends regarded him
as born politician. He was more,
for he soon strobe far above
the level of simple politics, and en-
tered the realm of statecraft. AS far back
as 1868 he was secretary of state of New
York, to attain which post it was neces-
sary for him to reverse the Democratic
majority that made Seymour governor,
which he did, with 10000 votes to'spare
He was then as ever worker, and dur
ing a canvass most exciting and absorb
ing he spoke daily, in the afternoon and
again at night. AS secretary of state
his record was clean, businesslike, adj
mirable. A reelection was a matter of
course, but he declined it, and then,
being appointed minister to Japan, after
holding the commission few weeks, he
resigned in consequence of the impera-
tive demands of his rapidly increasing
business.
He was bred, say, to the law.
But although pleasing and a ready
speaker, with anecdotes and quick retorts
and repartees at the tip of his tongue,
with superintendent good nature, and
that faculty of understanding man which
would have made him a first-class jury
advocate he preferred rather the dryer,
more intricate and perhaps more profita-
BILE line of his profession, which led him
into the service of the great railroad of
which he is now the president. So sig
niiicant was his service at the time Van
derbilt made his acquaintance and from
thence on, say from 1856 until the present
date, that his rise was a mere question
of time and opportunity. He was not
only the attorney of the consolidated
roads, but in 1875 accepted the position
of general counsel, becoming also a di-
rector in the Central and in all the great
Vanderbilt connections, such as the Chi
cagO and Northwestern, the st. Paul and
Omaha, the Michigan Central, and the
Nickle Plate, which led up in 1889, upon
the reorganization of the roads, to his
appointment as second vice president.
The three generations of Vanderbilt with
whom he has served-the old commodore,
William II. and the present regime-fully
appreciated his great ability, and did all
in their power to keep him out of the
field toward which his ambitious eye
continually turned. Precisely why De-
pew did not go to the Senate when
Warner Miller was chosen is one of those
inner secrets which time alone will re-
veal. l always believed myself that he
yielded his personal preference to the in
terests of the Vanderbilts. However
that may be, a bird's-eye view of his career
shows, he having been an assemblyman,
a candidate for lieutenant governor, a
secretary of state, regent of the State
University, minister to Japan and l
might add collector of the port of New
York, for which post his commission was
once made out, although subsequently
torn up by President Johnson, that his
inner desire points toward political su-
premacy and official elevation.
Many people regard his position as
president of the New York Central as a
virtual bar to further political. prefer
ment.
don't see it.
That it would be absurd to conceal the
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A perfect portrait of Chauncey Mitch
ell Depew would present picture keen,
bright, CHEEKY, thoughtful, grave and
gay by turns.
An odd combination
Yes, more than that. Unique. His
double does not, cannot exist. Barely
past the half century line, the president
of the great New York Central has the
bearing of a man of thirty, the spirits of
boy of twenty. Facts are stubborn
obstacles in the way of diverse critics.
Fact records that this man, who may yet
hold the highest office in the gift of the
American people, has already written
his name on the roll of public usefulness
in so many different places, and along
such varying planes, as to suggest not
only his marvellous vitality, but the pc
culiar versatility of his gifts.
He was bred a lawyer.
He was born in Peekskill, in 1884, and
after being graduated by Yale, in 1856,
was sent to the assembly of his native
State, where he was made chairman of
the ways and means committee, acting
as Speaker also fer some considerable
time. His frequent appearance in those
days, and ever since, upon the stump, on
the platform, in conventions and on
public occasions of divers nature, sug
gests that he has the gift of CAB. Yes,
but he is more than that. Many men
can gable; very few can speak COM
bining entertainment with instruction,
freighting the whip-sillabub of merrment
with solid wisdom of well-matured
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save them from such a fate The
shaman or medicine-man is all-power-
full in his tribe. He is usually
one who bears some birth-mark
and is brought up on peculiar diet.
His hair is never cut, as it is thought that
would destroy his power. The shaman
eats the flesh of the dead, believing that
he will thus become possessed of the
spirit of the departed one. When an
Indian is taken sick they believe his
spirit has left his body. His friends con-
suit the shaman, who, upon the receipt
of fee in blankets, agrees to send one
of his own spirits after the wanderer. If
the patient fails to recover the shaman's
life becomes in danger and in order to save
himself he declares that the patient has
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suffer the same injury or make compen-
satiOn in blankets Every injury, even
death itself, has its value in blankets.
Recently large number of Sitka Indians
came down to Juneau in their canoes and
demanded settlement from the Auks for
an injury done one of their tribe by an
AUX the year previous. The latter
refused satisfaction, and in a fight
which followed one of their number
was injured. Immediately hostilities
ceased, the Auks claiming that the in
juries were now even. The Sitkas
agreed to this on the condition that they
should be given a grand potlatch in
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his "Home, Sweet Home" died in Athens,
Ca, recently. 1t is claimed that the
original copy of "Home, Sweet Home"
was buried with her, as it was interlined
with love declarations from Payne which
the lady did not wish to have fall under
the eyes of the public. She had been
offered large sums for the manuscript,
but always declined to part with it.
Miss Harden passed her seventy eighth
year on her last birthday. Probably not
half dozen persons outside Athens
knew that the quiet little home on Han
cock avenue held the remarkable lady,
and many residents of Athens even had
lost sight of this aged and unobtrusive
person. Her father was General Harden,
of Savannah. He was wealthy and influ-
entail, and prominent in social circles
and in politics. He gave his daughter
every advantage; particularly was she
versed in French, a language which she
maintained with many of the graces of
that life and literature while girl. She
was reared in French family, and sub
sequently even learned the use of the
raper, practicing regularly in fencing ex-
ercises. She spent several years in Eu-
rope, completing her education in Paris,
and supplementing fine training with
the fullness and breadth of travel.
While still quite young, her father,
General Harden, was appointed commits
sioner to treat with Cherokee Indians,
and resided in Rome Ga. 1t was here
that a romance entered her life which
gave it an interesting coloring toward
the close of her days, but which did not
affect her at the time.
One of the agents or assistants in this
Indian transaction was John Howard
Payne, young man from New England;
he went to Athens with General Harden,
and met and loved his daughter Mary.
Payne was ardent and pathetic, but the
young girl was not touched by his wooing.
She was clear-headed, sensible, practical,
and does not seem to have cared much
for society, or to have allowed her
thoughts to turn to love. Payne loved
on. He wrote her. Sometimes his appeals
her that his soul, trouble-rocked and
tempest-tossed, indited those beautiful
words, "Home, Sweet Home" The
manuscript Miss Harden preserved and
priced.
When General Harden died at Atlanta
it was found that his estate was involved,
and much of his property swept away.
His daughter went bravely to work with
her French translations and made liv-
ing. She did much work of this sort for
large business houses and translating
diplomatic matters. The French lega-
ton in Washington used to keep her con-
stantly employed. The purity of her
French and the elegance of her English
made her invaluable
In this way Miss Harden soon acquired
enough to buy back much of her fathers
property. The house in which she died
was one @ the places reclaimed by her
indomitaDle work. She accumulated
competency which sustained her through
life. She was worth about $25, 900, and
leaves, besides city property, stocks, bonds
and valuable jewelry. Among the latter
treasures in city bank are some costly
trinkets presented to her by persons of
title and station when she went to Eu-
rope.-Erchange.
If Won can 1.-Two oantlv patiantIv ,1nmur-
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dren, parents and grandparents com
ing together and asking to be taught.
much in that line, the pitiful sum of $780,
600 having been appropriated last year.
They have great respect for those in au-
thority, and the governor is constantly
appealed to to settle their troubles.
A. II. HACK.
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becomes marked. Il h at
they are abandoning their
old customs is seen in
many ways. The habit of
wearing a piece of silver
or bone thrust through a slit
cut in the lower lip is rapidly
dying out. 1t is a rare
thing to see a young squaw
with such a deformity,
though it is common among
those who belong to the
departing generation. The
young women are never
seen with their faces
smeared with a mixture of
charcoal and seal oil, as is
common with the old
squaws. In fact, the rising
generation, so far as they
have opportu nifty, are
adopting everything Ameri-
can. The girls wear their
hair banged. Many of them
around Juneau have their
dresses made by American
dressmakers, and have gone
SO far as to adopt the hustle.
The men are good work
men and always ready to
work. A number of them
are employed at the Tread
well mine, getting So rs per
day, and are said to do better
work than the white miners.
They are anxious for educa-
ton. When a school is
opened they flock to it in
hundreds: often the chill
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The first steps looking toward the founda-
taken by the French governor, Blenville, i'll
17l8, when a party of convicts were sent out
to clear up the swamp that was chosen as its
u;t
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the totem poles, though some of
them are adorned with small white
flag. The bodies of the dead are
placed in square wooden boxes, in
IA sitting posture, and the boxes
are put inside the burial houses.
When a chief dies his remains are
left in his own house for an indeti-
mite time. They believe that the
souls of the dead turn to ravens,
which are with them sacred birds.
Blankets have for a long time
served as currency among these
people. Every commodity has
value in blankets. The wealthy
among them have cache in the
woods where they deposit their
blankets. These caches are sacred
to the Indians and are never dis
turbed; not so to the white man,
however, for recently several of
them opened cache and took
from it a sloop-load of blankets.
Fortunately they were arrested and
the booty recovered.
The Mosaic law of an "eye for
an eye and tooth for a tooth" pre-
walls among the Alaskans. When
one is injured the wrong-doer must
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their husbands on business matters.
Silka Indian is said to have made $25 900
in the past three years by trading One
village last year sold 100000 worth of
fur, enough to give each family in
it 81 400.
The coast Indians have always con-
trolled the trade with the interior tribes.
Not long ago some of the latter told the
Sitka Indians who were trading with
them that they believed they were being
imposed upon. The Sitkas thereupon
invited them to send a delegation
down to the coast to find out
prices for themselves. The delegation
went back with the Sitkas, but beforethe
reached the coast a messenger was Sc m
ahead to explain matters to the stor =
keepers and to post them on what prices
they must ask. When the delegates in
terviewed the storekeepers they found
prices just the same as the Sitkas had
been charging them, and returned to their
village satisfied with the fair dealings of
their Sitka friends.
Many of these Indians are skillful
workmen. They do some very artistic
carving in stone, wood and bone. They
make bracelets, rings and earrings from
silver coin. The carving upon their jew
elry, though done with so rude tool as
an old file sharpened at the point, is very
creditable. The Chilkats' blankets stamp
them as people possessing great skill
in the art of weaving. Their mats, bas-
kets and other ware of that sort show
great skill They make all their own
dyes for coloring their wares
Wherever these people have come in
contact with civilization its effect soon
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bears, and will attack them
with no weapon but a knife.
The Tinnehs are polygamous
and sell their children into
slavery. When one of them
covets another's wife they
settle the matter by a wres-
Ting match with the great
est good feeling.
Among many of the tribes
the women do little work
and are treated with great
consideration. They man
age the family finances and
are alWaYS consulted by
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HIS FIANCEE.

Interesting "reminiscences of John How
ard Payne's Sweetheart.
Miss Mary Harden, fancee of John How
ard Payne, and the lady for whom he wrote
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If you can live gently, patiently, unmur-
muringly, amid all your frets and irrita-
tons, day after day-that is heroism.
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CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW.
HOWARD'S ESTIMATE OF THE
GREAT RAILROAD MAN.

Bred a Lawyer, His Friends Regard Him
as a Born Politician-Secretary of State
for New York-Vanderbilt's Interest in
Him-Public Positions He Has Held.
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been marked decrease in the belief of
the shaman's power.
Cremation was formerly very common
among these Indians, but since their con-
tact with the whites it has been to a
large extent abandoned. Now, almost
every village has attached to it a number
of small frame huts in which the remains
of the dead are placed. Over these build
ings, or close by them, are usually seen
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Property-owners in Frostburg and vicin-
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invited to call upon
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ness, ana It's renned beauty was heightenea
by pair of soft, dark, dreamy looking
eyes.
II only remains 10 aid that, from his
attire, in ged him 70 be an artist-a pro-
fessional artistic the backbone. In the
course of conversation | shovel him how
bad classified him. He smiled.
Il am only an amateur he said; IAN idle
man, nothing more-and your
'Alas! am DOCTOR
"Then we shall not have TO answer for oui
sins IN painting b each other"
We talked Oh pleasantly until our bodily
wantS were satisfied by the good fare PLACED
before u'. Then came that pleasant crav.
ing for tobacco which, after a good meal, il
natural TO well-regul ated digestion.
''Shal we 60 and smoke outside" said
Carriston. "The night is delicious.
We went out and sat on one of the wooden
benches. AS my new friend said, the night
was delicious There was scarcely breath
OF air moving. The stars and the moon
shone brightly, and the rush of the not far
distant stream came 10 us with a soothing
murmur. Near us were three or four jovial
young artists They were in merry mood;
one Of them had that day sold picture TO
tourist. We listened 10 their banter, I'M
Til, most likely growing thirsty, they re-
entered the inn.
Carriston had said little since wa hah ha~-
out of doors. lie smoked his cigar placidly
and gozed up at the skies. With the white
moonlight falling on his strikingly beautiful
the graceful pose into which he fell
be seemed 10 me the embodiment Of poetry.
He paid no heed 10 the merry talk of the
artists. which so much amused me-indeed,
doubted if he heard their voices.
Yet he must have done so, for rs soon a.
they left Us he same out of his reverie.
at must be very NICE he said, to have
TO make ones living by art
Nice fer those who can make livings by
it," ans wered.
"All can do that who are worth it. The
day OF neglected genius is gone b.. Muller
was the last sufferer, | thmk-and he died
young
"If You are so sanguine, why not try your
own luck at it,"
81 would, but unfortunately am rich
man"
laughed at this misplaced regret. Then
CaITistOn, i'm the most simple way, told m3
a good deal about himself He was an or
phan, an only child. He lad already ample
means but Fortune had still favors in store
for him. Al the death of his uncle, now an
aged man, he must succa ed 10 a large estate
and q haronctcy. The natural unaffected
way in which he made these condolences,
made them not. knew, from any
wish 10 increase his Importance in my eyes,
greatly impressed me. BY the time We
parted fer the night l hal grown much in
tcrcStcd in my new aCqUaintancc-an IN er-
est not untiugcd by envy Young, hand
some, rich, free to come or 90, work or play
d lie listed! Happy Carristonl